Leadership and organizational learning's role on innovation and performance: Lessons from Spain

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-359

  Aragón Correa, J Alberto ^a,b   García Morales, Víctor J ^b   Cordón Pozo, Eulogio ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Innovation; Organizational capabilities; Organizational learning; Performance; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947134315     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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